Wall construction for houses and other buildings.



J. W. MOSELEY.

WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.11, 1912.

Patented Feb. 17', 1914.

lill llillE @TTEd PATENT JAMES WARD MOSELEY, OF ROMILEY, ENGLAND.

WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS.

nests To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, Janus TVARI) hlosnLny, subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, and resident of llomiley, in the county of Chester,England, land agent and surveyor, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in 'Wall Constructions for Houses and other Buildings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of walls andsimilar struc- 'tures, the object being to provide an improvedconstruction of wall in concrete or like material which can be moldedinto hollow formation in separate blocks and the hollow spaces beafterward filled in by concrete rubble or waste material capable ofsetting into hard formation.

Prior to the date of my invention it has been a very common practice tobuild concrete and like structures from solid or partially hollow blocksof concrete, Portland cement and other material capable of setting hard,such blocks being usually bonded in the same way as stone and brickstruc tures. It has also during recent years been common practice toerect structures from materials similar to those referred to, inconjunction with metal rods and known as reinforced concreteconstruction. In this latter arrangement it is necessary to provideshuttering which consists of planks or boards erected with the requiredshape and size of space between them to correspond with the wall, pillaror the like to be made, the concrete or cement material being filled inbetween the shuttering in a wet condition. The shuttering is afterwardremoved when the material has set. It is obvious that a construction ofthis type involves great expense in the shuttering itself and in itserection. Rich liquid cement is also lost through the joints of theshuttering and is likewise absorbed in the latter.

hiiy invention is designed to provide an improved form of constructionover those hereinbefere referred to which dispenses with shuttering,prevents the loss of liquid cement and consists in the employment ofhollow 'roughs of suitable shape adapted to be laid end to end and to beplaced one above the other in any required form of bond, the troughsbeing quite open at the top and partially at the ends while their bottomsides are perforated, such troughs Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 11, 1912.

Patented Feb. f7, 1914. Serial No. 683,059.

being employed with reinforcing rods, if required. A further feature isthe making of the troughs in separate parts and employ ing inconjunction with them specially arranged tiles or the like which may beadapted. to form. with one side of the combined trcughs an air cavity ifrequired.

My invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in which,

l igure l is a longitudinal section of a portion of a wall constructedin accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 end elevation of same, partly insection, F 3 perspective view of a portion of a wall partly in section.

In accordance with my invention and with special reference to F l to 3,(4 indicates a number of hollow troughs quite open at the top andpartially open at the ends as indicated at Z) and also provided withperforated bottoms which in the example shown is indicated bylongitudinal and transverse rods which are permanently secured to thebody of the trough during the manufacture of the latter, though it willbe understood that the perforated bottoms may be made of similarmaterial molded with the sides and ends. The troughs are usuallyrectangular in construction but may be of any suitable shape and sizeand be perfectly plain, as shown, or be ornamented where necessary, inaccordance with the character of the structure to be built. The troughsmay be laid in any suitable bonding, one row being fixed at a time. Thetroughs are previously molded and dried so that they are in the lattercondition whenthe structure is commenced and are made of Portlandcement, concrete or the like material which will set hard. Or are madeof material capable of being fired to a hard condition. The rods 0 maybe of expanded metal. When the troughs are laid in position end to end,cement grouting or like material is poured into the troughs and allowedto set. The troughs may be held together end to end by metal ties (Z, ifrequired. The ends of such ties may project inwardly as shown in Fig. 1so as to become embedded in the cement or other grouting or in the otherfilling material which may be employed and which may consist of brokenbricks, stone, breeze and the like mixed with cement, so binding thetroughs and filling intoone solid mass. The foregoing process isrepeated with each row of troughs employed in the s ruoture.

What I claim is:

1. in a. wall, a series of hollow troughshaped building blocks arrangedend to end in rows, and one above another so as to break oint and permitthe introduction of filling material, each block being open at the topand having imperfora-te front and rear sides, ends having openings, androds or bars which extend between the bottom portions of the blocks andpermit the fill ing material to descend from the upper to the lowerblocits.

2. In a wall a series of hollow troughshaped building blocks arrangedend to end Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by

in rows and one above another so as to break joint and permit theintroduction of filling materiah each block being open at the top andhaving imperforate front and rear sides, ends having openings at theirupper parts, and rods which have their end portions embedded in theblocks and which extend between the bottom portions of the sides andends of the blocks and permit the filling material to descend from theupper to the lower blocks.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES WARD MOSELEY. Witnesses WILLIAM HENRY TAYLOR,

AMY EVELINE EVINS.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

